UK and France Sign Declaration of Intent to Deploy Troops to Ukraine in Event of Ceasefire

The leaders of the United Kingdom and France signed a declaration of intent on Tuesday to deploy “coalition of the willing” troops to Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire, providing security guarantees for Kyiv.

Following a meeting in Paris of American envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, European leaders, and top Ukrainian officials, British Prime Minister Sir Kier Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a declaration of intent to deploy a multinational military force in Ukraine to enforce a potential ceasefire with Russia.

While the UK and France are so far the only allied powers to commit to boots on the ground in Ukraine, the agreement reportedly stipulated that the United States would act as a backstop

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